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TELL: Above and Beyond (in person & live-streaming)

December 20 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at the Bureau! 11 years and going. Each month there is a different theme and a different line up of queer artists who tell true stories from their lives on a theme

The theme for December 20, 2025 is Above and Beyond, featuring storytellers Cara Francis and Angie Salazar.

This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.

Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:

youtube.com/@bgsqd

Suggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10.

All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.

We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD

 

 

Drae Campbell is the host and curator of TELL, an award winning podcast that can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Theater: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theater & National Tour, Lortel Nominated), Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Teatro Circulo), My Old Man (Dixon Place), Storm Still (DirectorFest, Drama League), La Cage Aux Folles (Barrington Stage Company).

Film and TV:Senior Escort Service, Blunderpuss, It’s Very Common, TOW.

TV: Bull, New Amsterdam.

BFA, The University Of The Arts

Ig @draebiz and @tellqueerz

 

Cara Francis (Francis, they/them) is a multidisciplinary writer and performer combining drag, music, comedy, installations and alter egos. Personas include Fantasy Grandma, Earls2Gearls, and Bob Voyage. Performances: Carolines, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, Zanies, the Hollywood Improv, Stonewall and Bushwig. Installations and residencies: Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Museum, Knockdown Center, Banff, NACL. Francis was an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists from 2008–2018 and was a Drama Desk Nominee for The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill. Press: Village Voice, The New York Times Critic’s Pick, Time Out NY, The Wall Street Journal, Vice’s MOTHERBOARD, ARTFORUM. Upcoming: Synthesis at Triskelion Arts, March 2026.
Angie Salazar (she/they) is a queen based stage manager, archivist, and artist. She has worked a range of community theatre, regional, workshops, tour, and off-broadway. (SoHo Rep, The Bushwick Starr, Breaking the Binary, National Queer Theatre, Broadway Cares, and Denver Center of The Performing Arts.) Usually does traditional art, but as of this year they have been exploring writing. They been published in Malflora Collective Magazine, dedicated project to lives and legacies of Latina/e Lesbians. They current run a photo project of archive carabiner culture of the now (@thecarabinerproject).

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  • Date: December 20
  • Time:
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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